Eating healthy is the foundational practice that can help American society become a fit nation. While this is the main goal for individuals, there are many aspects that hinder eating a healthy diet. Socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors play an important role in accessing healthy foods. It is a disturbing irony that many people in…
Author: Kirk Johnson
Dr. Kirk A Johnson (he/him/his) is an Assistant Professor of Justice Studies and Medical Humanities at Montclair State University. He is a member of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities and serves as a member of the Atlantic Health Systems Bioethics Committee, former Assistant Director of the Medical Humanities program at Drew University, and fellow emeritus of The American Heart Association’s Multicultural Initiatives Leadership Fellowship Program.
Dr. Johnson has published articles in peer-reviewed journals and upcoming contributions to numerous books. His recent books are "The Anti-Racism Resource Guide Volume One: Supporting Black Businesses and Economics" (Peculiar Capital, 2020) and “Medical Stigmata: Race, Medicine, and the Pursuit of Theological Liberation” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). He is the co-host of the "Bioethics in the Margins" podcast series. He is an ordained clergy in the United Church of Christ (UCC) where he serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the UCC's Central Atlantic Conference, Secretary of the UCC Central Atlantic Conference’s New Jersey Association, and a member of the Summit Interfaith Council Anti-Racism Committee.
Inclusive Approaches to Redevelop Medical Textbooks
The consequences of an American medical racial history have not been restituted. As a result, poor health outcomes in patients of color ensue. Ideas of race related to biology that were shaped by eugenic ideologies still exist today. The same goes for physicians’ perceptions of race. For example, many physicians believe that there are genetic…
Equitable Representation in Medical Textbooks
Erasure is the act of denying or refusing to acknowledge that people’s race and lived experiences in America differ through socioeconomic, historical, political, and legal factors. This concept of colorblindness, also known as erasure, is counterproductive when it results in the inability to recognize the need to include diverse representation and instead results in the…